2021, issue 46, Milica Antić Gaber: "Although it would have been great to meet my fellow participants and the faculty in person, I felt the SS was a huge success as a hybrid model."ESA now has a long tradition of PhD summer schools organised annually and they have always been unique opportunities for PhD students to meet, socialise and discuss their early work. But this year was unique in a different sense because decisively marked by a pandemic situation.